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TUTORIALS
Step 4: Clean-Up
For the sake of conserving paper so as to not deplete the world
form our life giving trees, I go over my blue sketch drawing with
either a 2B or HB pencil as opposed to making an entirely new
drawing using a light table. First I tape down my drawing from
each corner onto a hard board. Make sure this board is clean and
white. I powder my drawing using Trace clean powder. Also using
a folded sheet of paper for a hand rest, so I wont smudge the
drawing when I put the graphite down. I work underneath an overhead
lamp when I start at this stage of my drawing. Usually the lamp
is hot to work under, so it is a very good idea to keep allot
of drinking water around. I also have a fan blowing all the time.
Put your reference close by. Pay close attention to the line work
on your reference. Figure out your "thick" and "thins"
in your line drawing. Usually it should get thicker in areas like
under the chin and around the body. Also, when you draw your clean
line, think about the form. Think how that arm turns in space.
Which way is it going? Towards you? Or away from you? This is
where you will have the opportunity to explain that. Worry about
the overlapping lines, they will describe your form in space.
I am also constantly thinking about painting it later on. You
want to close off all the line areas, so your color wont leak
when it comes time to paint it. Simplify your drawing if needed.
If you feel there is too much detail on your blue sketch drawing
and think it is going to be hell trying to paint it? Then draw
only the essential (i.e. if you are drawing a schoolgirl for instance,
and she has a very complicated plaid dress on, you might draw
all those squares in, but find out later on that they are very
difficult to paint. It will slow you down by trying to paint each
and every single square.) In this case, I would just draw a few
lines suggesting a plaid dress, but allowing the paint to fill
in that entire area, which is her dress. Allot of these things
you pretty much learn "on the job" through "trial
and error". So try it out, if at first you don't succeed.....(you
know the rest). For me, it sometimes takes me like a half hour
to finish cleaning up a drawing. On specific drawings, like the
Jetson's Family portrait I did, it sometimes takes me more than
two hours. It depends on how complicated you want to go. I personally
prefer less line milage.
Next -> Step 5: Scanning
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